State ex rel. Merriam v. Ross
Supreme Court of Missouri
Original Proceeding for Contempt. The court should sustain the motion now pending for a writ directed to its marshal requiring him to seize the railroad in controversy and to turn it over to the receiver de jure and should also compel by attachment Louis Houck to deliver to such receiver the books, papers, etc., of the company. 2 Spelling’s Extraordinary Relief, sec. 1762; Ravemeyer v. Superior Court, 84 Cal. 327; State v. Court of Appeals, 97 Mo. 276; Thomas v. Mead, 36 Mo.…
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Original Proceeding for Contempt. The court should sustain the motion now pending for a writ directed to its marshal requiring him to seize the railroad in controversy and to turn it over to the receiver de jure and should also compel by attachment Louis Houck to deliver to such receiver the books, papers, etc., of the company. 2 Spelling’s Extraordinary Relief, sec. 1762; Ravemeyer v. Superior Court, 84 Cal. 327; State v. Court of Appeals, 97 Mo. 276; Thomas v. Mead, 36 Mo. 246; Richey v. Superior Court, 59 Cal. 661; High’s Legal Remedies, p. 625, sec. 804; State v. Rungerford, 8 Wis. 845;…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
This is a proceeding commenced in this court looking to the punishment of Leo Doyle and Louis Houck for alleged contempt of this court. It grows out of and is supplementary to the case of State ex rel. Merriam v. Ross, commenced on twentieth day of July, 1893, and decided by this court March 24, 1894 (122 Mo. 435; 25 S. W. Rep. 947), wherein a writ of prohibition was granted forbidding said Ross, the judge of the Cape Girardeau court of common pleas, from further taking cognizance of an action or proceeding commenced in said court by the St. Louis, Cape Gi*266rardeau & Fort Smith Railway for the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Whelan v. ReillySupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Ex parte RoundtreeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1874
- State ex rel. Merriam v. RossSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Milwaukie & Minnesota Railroad v. SoutterSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
- Thomson v. . TracyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
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- Brown v. KennedySupreme Court of Missouri · 1925
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